label. we have two other states that are waiting to see if states around them pass labeling laws, but at some point they may come into this. but that's basically who is gating information. we talk about everyone should have information. well, right there, those are the folks with labeling laws. there were attempts on the west coast to pass labeling laws, and those were not successful and so this is what we have. now, what we're proposing -- that everybody get information, people in my home state of michigan, people across the nation, everybody will get information and that there will have to be a mandatory label. we give three choices -- on food that contains g.m.o.'s. not voluntary like the house, but a mandatory labeling system. so what did we do? and how is it different than what happened in the house? we wilwell, first of all -- wel, first of all, as i indicated, a national mandatory labeling requirement. and i'll talk more about that in aempt mo. -- in a moment. secondly, in vermont and

labeling. this bill is frankly very different from what passed the house of representatives about a year ago i think now. and from what we voted on in march. and i do think senator roberts and -- thank senator roberts and his staff for working in a bipartisan way to get us to the spot where we are now. as everyone knows, i opposed voluntary labeling at every turn. i don't think it's right to preempt states from having labeling laws and replace it with something that is voluntary. there needs to be a mandatory system which is what this bill does. i worked to keep what was dubbed by activists as the dark act from becoming law three different times here in the united states senate. throughout this process i worked to enthis are that any agreement -- to ensure that any agreement would first recognize the scientific consensus that biotechnology is safe. second, ensure that consumers have the right to know what is in their food. and third, to prevent a confusing patchwork of 50 different labeling req

require a label. require a label. a label is simple. a label works. and senator merkley, i see you're on the floor, and i'm finishing up. we have various ways we can do the label. one way is give it to the f.d.a. and tell them to come up with it. another way is the way senator merkley has proceeded in a way to attract more support. he's given four options, all of which are very good. and all of which would immediately give you the information that you need. now, in 2000 when i introduced the first senate labeling of g.e. foods, my legislation had one supporter, and it was me. i had no other supporters back then. it was so long ago, 2000. now 14 senators are cosponsoring the bill, and i am so proud to cosponsor senator merkley's bill, the biotechnology food labeling and uniformity act, which again will put forward four options for companies. so there are reasons that people want this information and not one of us we are should decry or could decry what our people want. they want to know if the foods contain g.m.o.'s because of the prevalence of herbici

label on your product. this is the no label required, no g.m.o. label required bill. and so it's a little bit of false advertising or actually a lot of false advertising to call this a mandatory g.m.o. labeling bill. what the bill says is that there are a couple options that exist today that people can use voluntarily. and let me show you an example of that. this is mars product. it is the, on the present mars peanut m & m's, one of my particular favorites, and mars has said we want to make sure that our consumers know what's in the product. so they list all the traditional things, serving size and calories and the total fat, cholesterol, the protein and the sodium. say but our consumers also want to know if there are g.m.o. ingredients. so they answer the question, partially produced with genetic engineering. it's a g.m.o. product. now we don't know from this label which ingredient is the one they're referring to, but to the consumer, that tells them the first important thing they want to know, and a consumer can look into the details elsewhere if they want to and ex

i think it's a waste of money with all these labels. i have never in my life read a label. in perfect health. i am healed and well my mother is 91. she never counted calories and she never read a label. we eat what we want when we want and my mother is in fantastic hell. host: what's your secret? [laughter] caller: if you believe you will receive. what you say you will have. that is my secret. host: what is your question for t?r guess? caller caller: i agree on not changing the labels. with my health and my mother's health, we never read labels and never counted calories and never did any of these things. it's just a statement. host: thank you. guest: congratulations. host: can that be applied across the board? guest: i don't think so, i think people want to eat healthier. six out of 10 americans want to eat healthier and four out of five a there diet is not healthy so we need some help. i would start with the front of the package labels. you can take that information and combine it into one simple and say this product is healthier than the next and that would be a simple t

labels. warning labels are not going to solve the problem but presumably would reduce consumption by several percent and everything helps. what really would solve the problem is to change the legal status of sugar and high fructose corn syrup. these substances are generally recognizes as safe or gras in the lingo of the fda. everybody knew that sugar is safe. it's on our table. we put a little of it in our coffee or cereal or whatever. and salt was safe. generally recognized as safe. and the source of trans fat was generally recognized as safe and those turned out to be the three biggest killers in our food supply. we wanted the fda to change the regulation so that sugar would be brought down to a safe level in our food supply. it's generally recognized as safe based on the foods in which it's used. so our petition was actually fairly complicated and it asked the fda to restrict the sugar content of soft drinks to roughly a fourth of the current levels. and we recommended that the fda come up

require a label. require a label. a label is simple. a label works. and, senator merkley, i see you're on the floor and i'm finishing up. we have various ways we can do the label. one way to give it to fda. tell them to come up with it. senator merkley has proceeded, in a way to attract more support. he is given four options all of which are very good. and all of which we immediately give you the information that you need. now, in 2,000, when i introduced the first senate labeling of ge foods my legislation had one supporter, and it was me. i had no other supporters back then. it was so long ago. 2000. now 14 senators are cosponsoring the bill. and i am so proud to cosponsor senator merkley's bill, biotechnology food labeling and uniformity act, which again wili put forward four options for companies. so there are reasons that people want this information. and not one of us here could decry or should decry what our people want. either they want to know if the foods contained gmos because ofo prevalence of herbicide resistant crops? we know from the us

to be labeled. the roberts-stabenow bill also contains a huge loophole in the labeling requirement stating that there is no labeling requirement for g.m.o. foods that could have occurred -- quote -- "through conventional breeding or found in nature." end of quote. essentially if the genetic engineering done by a company could have a card in nature, there's no requirement to label it which would prevent g.m.o. corn, beet, sugar and soy oils from being labeled. the f.d.a. has confirmed this loophole stating that as the language is currently written -- quote -- "many of the foods from genetically engineered sources will not be subject" -- end of quote -- under this bill. consumers will be left in the dark for at least another two years, maybe longer. once usda has published its regulations, there is no mandatory timeline for companies to comply. in other words, we are pushing this issue further and further into the future. and perhaps the real giveaway as to why this is not a serious piece of legislati

patti labelle and the blue belles, labelle, all of the iterations of your--. >> of my life? >> of your group. >> yes. >>the commercial success there was much greater than anything you have--. >> yes. >> attained since. i'm wondering, do you ever look back and wonder, "well, maybe i shoulda just stuck with this and did my other thing on the side". no? >> no. not at all. i had no, i rarely, rarely look backward. it's just kind of not in my d.n.a. and i'm, you know, what i have done, i'm really, really, really grateful to have been a part of. >> who decided to break up? >> patti. patti wanted to go on her own. and--. >> what did you think about that at the time? >> well, it was painful. i mean, you know. we did--. >> were you angry? >> n-- i could say angry or really disappointed. and there's a difference between disappointed and angry. disappointed and, disappointed and kind of at a loss. kind of, well-- th-- this is what i've been for 17 years. what, what am i now? and so disappointed. disappointed that we couldn't-- and i don't know, when i say "we couldn't," i don't even kn

labeling. mrs.shaheen: senator roberts and i have a long history and a friendship in working together, and we have both worked very, very hard to come to an agreement on extremely difficult and emotional issue. i want to thank him for his continual work and i'm forever the opt mist that we will get there, even though we are not there yet. we have continued to work, i continue to work and my team to find common ground all the way until very late last night. and if we at this point do not proceed but can have some more time, i believe it is possible for us to come together in a bipartisan solution. while this debate has been difficult, there are some important areas where senator roberts and i agree. for instance, senator roberts and i agree that the science has shown us that biotechnology is safe. in fact, leading health organizations like the american medical association, the national academy of sciences, the f.d.a., and the world health organization all say that there's no evidence that g.m.o.'s ar

"we oppose the bill because it is actually a non-labeling bill under the guise of a mandatory labeling bill." well, who are these organizations? well, let's just give them their opportunity to be recognized. the center for food safety; food and water watch; the abundance cooperative market; the beyond pesticides; the biosafety alliance; the cedar circle farm and education center; the central park west c.s.a.; citizens for g.m.o. labeling; crop c.s.a.; crush, wine, and spirits; dr. broner's; the east new york farms; the empire state consumer project; the family farm defenders; farm-aid; food democracy now; foundation earth; friends of the earth; genesis farm; the g.m.o. action allian alliance; g.m.o.-free new york; g.m.o.-free united states of america; g.m.o. insider; the good earth natural foods; the i eat green l.l.c.; the institute for responsible technology; the international center for technology assessment; the catchkey farm; the institute for responsible technology; the international center for technology assessment; the institute for responsible technology; the keep the soil in

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we have a new president, new congress, and new labels has really come together -- no labels has reallyome together. this super pac has really put some white behind our bark -- bite behind our bark. there is a lot of capital on the left a lot of capital on the right, and we will be the capital in the middle and bring everyone together. thank you everyone who of all had a very important hand here. without further it do, i want to introduce are two cochairs, joe lieberman and jon huntsman. jon huntsman is a two-term governor of utah. very important going forward. joe served the state of connecticut for 26 years in the senate. i like to think of him as a real independent. he was no labels before we ever thought of this place. without further do, let a bring both of them out. ♪ [applause] >> that is such an auspicious song. that is assigned i have iran for governor in 2004. we are to one that election. following those two, what a special moment. when people like that take this effort seriously, you know we are doing is a serious purpose. you do not waste your time, you want to be part of so

they cochair the group of no labels. there were marks are followed by members of congress on the first 100 days of the incoming administration. this is 50 minutes. >> good afternoon everybody. thank you. it is a privilege to be with all of you. i think we are all getting to our seats. while we are doing that, having not had a terrific morning? let me welcome you to our lunch session. i have the privilege of meeting the wnba. that is a group of professional women athletes. i also -- i often remind them that they were two international languages -- using and sports -- music and sports. we have the benefit of playing sports, but what we have to recognize on a regular basis is that our teams cannot win unless everyone is engaged. sport.all is a team i would submit to you that teamracy is also 18 -- a endeavor. we are delighted that you are here to have the conversations about where we are going as a nation are you have been willing to step forward, and gauge, participate, and bring others along with you. is my assumption cor

the lawsuits that lead to the long warning labels and absurd warning labels are make us less safe, asarning labels become so long, we tune them out. how many people read a pamphlet with a pen that has so many warning labels. john: a lawyer is cringing and saying this will protect us from a lawsuit, and it probably won't. we called the companies for all the products and you know what they said? nothing, they wouldn't talk to us. [laughter] >> and to be fair, they've spent tens of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the last thing they want to do is rehash us. this is a problem, they tell us. they want us to increase awareness how we pay if we're not directly sued but they don't want the copycat lawsuits so they don't have to fight it again. john: they're uptight and who can blame them. audience, bob has agreed to let you pick this year's winner. which of the five is the stupidest? the person who submitted that wins the thousand bucks. which is stupidest? the balloon? the lightsaber? the knife warning? the coffee pot? or the bicycle bell. i should say it's not just the companies who creat

we're going to have a label that actually doesn't label. we're going to have a label that is an obstacle course. we're going to have a definition that excludes a commonly understood definition of what g.m.o. crops are, and we're going to have no enforcement. this is not good work. this is not a deliberative senate. let's send this bill to committee and have a complete hearing on the deficiencies i'm talking about. let's invite monsanto to come and testify. let's invite the many, many scientists who have weighed in about the fact that this exempts the primary g.m.o. of crops products in america. let them come and speak. let all of us get educated. let's not have this rammed through the senate at the very last moment. now, there are individuals here who said wait, time is -- time is urgent because we can't have 50 different state labeling standards. well, we only have one state that has a labeling standard, and that's vermont. so no real concern that we have two conflicting standards because we only have one standard. now, could there be more

if you go to any store right-the states that don't label date labels every product has said date labelon it. i think what's great about this is is not taking information way because consumers are used to seeing them and trying to make it clear so they don't have a million different ones. no matter what the labels are i think education is going to be needed to the problem is now because there's only different labels is impossible to educate anyone. i tried. i said here is what you should glean from this and lastly the term was in the national survey we did last month that i mentioned. we checked six different label language and expired on 54% of people believed as a safety label that was higher than another one of the law was presented to people who thought it was a quality indicator so 54% is not locked but it's a start in with education that could build upon that. >> go ahead. >> if i may quickly i do think it the nail on the head and we want to give this right the first time. we don't want to further consumer confusion so want to make sure we are testing consumers to make sure they u

labeling. more than 20 million was spent in opposition. $600 of that came from washington residents, by the way. about $7 million was spent in support of campaign. $1.6 million came from washington residents. these campaigns and lobbying organizations spent nearly $500 million to prevent commonsense labeling standards, and we have caved to that. these countries are proud of g.m.o. products. they should label them, make it a marketing tool. instead they're spending hundreds of millions of dollars to defeat commonsense measures that 90% of the public of this country supports. because they're afraid that the word g.m.o. would hurt their billion-dollar profits. i'm not asking for cross spoons on the package. it is about transparency. it's about the public's right to know. it's about putting families ha*ed corporations. -- ahead of corporations, about valuing consumers' right to know over lobbyists and -- in their slick suits and their influence here. they're denying consumers an easy-to-read nation

second, standardized food date labels, as we have already heard, because they misinterpret lab labels, consumers are tossing good food and other witnesses will address this. third, reduce waste within federal government agencies. how much is the federal government spending to buy food that ultimately never gets eaten? this could -- addressing this could both reduce agency costs while incubating model solutions that others could follow. fourth, address data needs. right now, there are some very basic questions we can't answer, and lastly, support the food recovery act introduced by representative pingree. it tackled food waste from a variety of issues and discusses many issues i suggested in my written testimony. wasting less food is something everyone can get behind and in some cases there's even money to be saved. i expect should you pursue solutions, you'll find there's a broad range of support behind you. >> mr. fink, five minutes. >> thank you, chairman conwei, ranking member peterson and others for the opportunity to testify today. i'm here as a representative of the multistakeho

example, wesson vegetable oil is labeled pure. but it's made of genetically modified organisms. dell monte did not respond to questions about the ingredients. and this kraft mac n' cheese includes a . >> there should be verification required just like there is for the organic label. >> reporter: consumer reports administration to either ban the term "natural" or define it in a meaningful way. asking the public to weigh in on how natural should or should not be used on food labels. go to wlos.com and click the store under our consumer reports section. >> tammy: the fight for social security benefits. a student waiting years to get find out what hap >> karen: we have a lot of weather coming our way. more heavy rain returning to the region. >> reporter: the fbi launches an investigation in the mountains. coming up on news 13, why they're looking in to whether local students committed a hate crime. >> reporter: solving asheville's affordable housing crisis. what are already some crowded neighborhood streets. secure any loose objects i

th's what that warning label says. so tonight our audience gets to award a thousand dollars to the person who admitted the worst, stupidest warning label. this woman owns this house, with new cabinets from this shop, with handles designed here, made here, shipped from here, on this plane flown by this pilot, who owns stock in this company, that builds big things and provides benefits to this woman, with new cabinets. they all have insurance crafted personally for them. not just coverage, craftsmanship. not just insured. chubb insured. okawhoa!ady? [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. ♪ get america's fastest internet. only from xfinity. . john: bad rules often lead to lawsuits, more lawsuits lead to more stupid warning labels. and every year bob jones runs the whacky warning label contest awarding a thousand bucks to the person who submits the stupidest warning label. like? >> how about a warning label on a "star wars" lightsaber that says for accessory use only, not to be used as a battle

we have seen initiatives requiring the labelling of g.m.o. food labelling go down. in a lessoning and lessoning margin of victory, but they have been defeated. people are concerned. there may be a growing concern. there hasn't been a demand that these things be labelled. in the case of the fish, the frankenfish, the f.d.a. is not requiring that the company label them any specific way, but they are sending out guidelines saying it can be done voluntarily, if the company wants to do it or if they are franchised out, and they are the ones bringing them to market. could voluntarily thable them as such, and there are guidelines. there'll be a public comment taken by the f.d.a., and you can bet a lot of anti-g.m.o. folks will get in touch with them and voice their opinions >>> coming up. commercial fishermen in california say franken fish could escape their cage and breed. others disagree. i dive ahead into that debate next. >>> talking tonight about genetically engineered food, including what critical frankenfish, the genetically engineered salmon that the u.s. food and

labeling. if you think this is giving the consumer a right to know what's in their food, you're wrong. this is a game. and forú and for the mom who wants to know what in her child's cereal, siewrntion or bread, there may be a lot of 1-800 numbers out there. when it comes to phone numbers, especially the older i get, the harder it is for hu me to remem. or you'll stand in a grocery store aisle and scan each individual product with a smartfoafn -- if you have a smartphone. if you have cell phone coverage at that location because, quite frankly, in rural america a lot of places we don't. and that's -- that's going to be the label. unbelievable. the fact is, if folks are so proud of the g.m.o.'s, they should label them. so what they're saying is, you can voluntarily do it. but quite frankly, voluntary standards are no standards at all. if they were standards, we'd say to the super pacs, tell us where you get your money from, tell us what you're spending it on and why you're spending it. we don't kn

getting a warning label on soda presumably will help choosing without warning labels.warning labels are not -- are not going to solve to problem but presumably would reduce consumption by several percent and everything -- everything helps. what really would solve the problem is to change the legal status of sugar and high fructose corn syrup. they are considered generally as safe graph of of the lingo of the fda. we put in coffee or cereal or whatever and salt safe, and hydrogonated oil and those turned out to be the biggest killers in our food supply. we wanted the fda to change the regulation so that sugar would be brought down to a safe level in our food supply. so it's general recognized as safe based on the foods in which it's used and so our petition was fairly complicated and it asked the fda to restrict the sugar content of soft drinks to roughly a fourth of the current levels, and we recommended that the fda come up with voluntary targets for other major sources of sugar. so grain-based desserts, pies and cookies, dairy desserts, ice cream, frozen yogurt, cere

if you look for natural food labels when you go shopping you are not alone. but consumer reports has the details on on the military watch. the navy has unveiled their new healthy eating program. "go for green" is a food identification system designed to help service members find healthy food and beverage choices -- while dining in military galleys. color codes are used to help service members choose healthier options. green is food you should eat often, yellow stands for foods you should eat occasionally, and red is for unhealthy foods. symbols for the amount of salt in foods. falling temperatures... we will start today with temperatures in the low 50s but afternoon. expect cloudy skies and a few scattered a little sunshine may try to sneak in this afternoon with lower rain chances. temperatures will fall into the low 30s by thursday morning. an area of the nc coast on thursday. expect clouds and scattered showers tomorrow mainly for ne nc. skies will clear and temperatures will warm up for friday and the weekend. today: mostly cloudy, scattered showers 40% ,

i'm just -- you know, we're putting so much stuff on this label, all of these labels, that i'm not sure it's going to break through, you know. so i don't know what you all think about that. do you think -- am i off base trying to be concerned about all of this -- >> sir, i have two answers. one in terms of this question about the information being out there. if you go to any store right now, even in the states that don't regulate date labels like new york, almost every product, particularly in the center of the store, has a date label on it. everything from bottled water to vinegar to canned goods, whatever. so i think what's great about this, it's not taking information away. consumers are used to seeings those and they want to see them. it's just trying to make it clear so that they don't see a million different ones. i think you're right that no matter what the labels are education is going to be needed. the problem is right now that because there's so many different labels it's impossible to educate anyone about what they mean. i've tried. i'd love to say, this is what you should gl

label label label and the box itself has an environmental label and it's extremely confusing. >> dr. michael helps to decode the label. it's a fair trade and associated just about the bean. >> the organization is designed to help with working conditions around the world. one thing is that they also indicate and allowed do so consideration of fertilizers and there's a place for that. >> it's the company and then the label. that brings us to the next one and that's organic. >> so all of the stuff is organic, and that's hard to figure out. >> 100 percent or gang is what it says. >> that means that they have to have 95 percent of what's in there has to be organic. the other five percent is thing that is they can not get organically. if it says contains organically or organic food, that means that it has to be 70 percent. that's a lot more room to put in there. >> next just because it says organic. >> nongmo means that there should be no engineered food in there. >> and the fourth label is cage free. >> look at you guys chicken, eggs. neither of you have been in a cage. >> very free. that

you're not supposed to pitch drugs off label, right?> correct. >> but they're sending her to place where is those doctors would have to be prescribing off label. >> that's absolutely correct there was no other way for a doctor that treats children to prescribe it except for to prescribe to a child is an off label usage. pepper is representing his client in two whistleblower lawsuits against astrazeneca. they asked the court to dismiss one of the cases. this isn't the first time they have been accused of improperly marketing seroquel. in 2010 the paid half billion dollar fine after a department of justice civil investigation into how it sold seroquel including for use in children. astrazeneca declined to talk to us on camera but never pushed it's sales reps to market seroquel off label. it trains it's employees to meet or exceed industry standards and comply with the law and promote medicines in accordance with fda regulations. steven thinks the fda is part of the problem. >> as far as i'm concerned the fda in terms of regulatory activit

labeling.y have a right to know what is in their food. the overwhelming majority of the american people, democrats and republicans, all favor clear, mandatory g.m.o. labeling. i got a radical idea. why don't we give them what they want? why don't we just put it on the package? it doesn't cost anymore. the idea this is an effort that will raise food prices is ridiculous. this convoluted, complicated labeling system outlined in this bill, if that's not going to raise food prices, then a simple in plain english listing on food that says this contains g.m.o.'s will certainly not list -- certainly not raise food prices. mr. speaker, sooner or later we're going to get clear, mandatory g.m.o. labeling. i prefer sooner and therefore i urge my colleagues to reject this bill and let's give the american consumer what they want. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. conaway: mr. speaker, i recognize myself for one m

labeling bill. i would like to ask unanimous consent to in-- to insert into the record a letter from the consumer union. i would like to also ask unanimous consent to submit into the record a letter opposing this legislation signed by countless consumer and health care organizations. and i would like to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a "new york times" editorial entitled, a flawed approach to labeling genetically modified foods. at this time i'd like to yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from vermont is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. welch: thank you, mr. speaker. vermont's g.m.o. labeling law, act 120, was signed into law in 2014 after years of hearing testimony and debate. it was the first in the nation g.m.o. labeling law, but americans should understand, 64 nations around the world have g.m.o. labeling. that law was passed by a vote of 28-2 in the vermont senate, and 114-30 in the house. it garnered support fro

tree house is the king of private label food. i say king me. tree house is a company that was spun off more than 10 years ago. most recently last november we learned that tree house was buying tree house's label. tree house became the largest private maker in food in the industry. they doubled in 20 different categories, including pasta, bakery goods and cereal. spins? fruit spins? is this after a really big night out? i prefer special k. or special c when the staff finds where i threw it. i think this purchase was a total steal. con agora bought this business. tree house paid half that, because con agra couldn't make them work. i think they make a lot more sense at tree house, which is already a private label specialist. even before this con agra transaction, tree house was a big player in the food industry. it's earnings haven't been annihilated by the super freakin' strong dollar. put it all together, you can understand why are the stock is up more than 16% year to date. now, tree house has been cautious about the integration of conagra's pr

and if you look really close at that label maker label, you'll see a label that says "label." he's our guest; we can't just ask him to straighten our closet. no, we wouldn't ask him. we'd just show him the closet

food products that have lab labels, the labels should be simple, clear, so people aren't throwing out their food. it's a huge environmental concern. california throws out over 5 million tons of food into landfills every year. we're talking over 8 million tons greenhouse gases emitted just in the state of california. >> a startling statistic. i want to point out that kqed asked grocery groups for their reaction. here's a statement from the california grocers association. any time a company that sells products across state lines is required to specifically create packaging for one state, it creates distribution challenges. what makes more sense is to have a nationwide standard and not just a state standard. >> we've been talking to grocers. everyone understands there's a problem here because of the fact there are 40 different state standards, two dozen different types of date labels. these manufacturers already have to come into compliance with all these different state laws. if there was a federal standard we'd be completely happy about that. the fact of the matter is congress hasn't a

the queen of comedy, there's one label she's not laughing about, plus-size. the comedienne taking issue with "glamour" after being included in the "chic at any size" special issue featuring ashley graham. schumer highlighted alongside melissa mccarthy and adele as women who inspire us. the "train wreck" star taking to instagram. i think there's nothing wrong with being plus size. beautiful, healthy women. plus size is considered size 16 in america. i go between a size 6 and 8. and she goes on to say, young girls seeing my body type, thinking that is plus size? not cool, "glamour." not glamorous. her blast going viral. >> are you surprised to be caught in a twitter war with amy shumer? >> reporter: cindy levy is the editor in chief of "glamour" magazine. >> i'm sorry she didn't like being named on the cover and i'm sorry she wishes her piece hadn't been included. but i'm confident that the message of the issue, which is that there are great clothes out there for all of us, is one that will relevance nate with readers. >> reporter: "glamour" magazine is on the

we have to have a unified labeling standard. i've been disturbed over the last couple months as we've debated this issue from the standpoint of a public health issue and not a consumer issue, and so i think it's critically important that we set the record straight on genetically modified ingredients and we make sure everyone in our country understands the science of what we've been doing over really almost centuries of work in growing more resilient and better yield crops. and we wouldn't be able to do that in america today or really across the world without genetics, without actually looking at applying science to the work that we do in agriculture. and so as i've said o

>> they are. >> it's so-called off label. what the label says and guess that it might help andrew. >> that's right. and they're hoping. they're hoping. >> reporter: steven found that's true for the vast majority of kids taking anti-psychotics, doctors prescribe them offlabel to treat anything from dreation to adhd to eating disorders. and yet only limited clinical trials have been done on kids to test whether these drugs work for those conditions. >> about one in every 80 or 85 kids are receiving an anti-psychotic sometime during the course of the year. >> reporter: columbia university proffer dr. mark olafson is a leading researcher on anti-psychotics. he said more and more kids are getting them for unapproved uses. is it safe? >> well, there are some safety concerns with these medications. many result in weight gain, they can increase things like cholesterol. and there are longer term things that are hard to study. we know less about the effects of this drug on the developing brain. >> reporter: steven said it all amounts t

labeled, we have no way to really ascertain what are the kind of impacts that people are having who are consuming gmos and those who are not. americans have a right to know what is in our food. and a right to know how it has been grown. >> reporter: and she has an unlikely ally. the ceo of monsanto. >> we have been for voluntary labelling for quite some time. >> reporter: i am surprised i would think if there is one company that didn't want people to have gmo on a label when they walk through a grocery store, it would be monsanto. >> if we are going to be transparent we should really open up. to me that makes sense. >> reporter: what no one disputes is this. the controversy over gmos is creating an ever-lengthening approval process in countries around the world. take vitamin enriched golden rice which could help 250 sometimes fatal vitamin a deficiency. >> we have to have food that is safe. what has been put into the golden rice, a pigment we should eat every day in carrots. as we impose regulatory hurdles that are not placed on other crops, many children are dying every day. >> rep

says uses nutrition facts labels. showed him what the new labels will look like. >> for me, the first thing i see is the calorie count. that's definitely a huge difference. and, also, the serving size. i think that's really smart. >> reporter: compliance will be required two years from today, and manufacturers with less than $10 million in annual food sales will have an additional year to comply. charlie, nutrients like vitamin "d" and potassium will also appear on the labels. >> rose: more information for the consumer. >> reporter: absolutely. >> rose: thanks, jericka. the largest frozen food recall ever was announced today. millions of packages of fruits and vegetables from c.r.f. frozen foods in washington state may be contaminated with listeria. the products were sold in all 50 states as far back as 2014. we have posted a full list of the recalled food on cbsnews.com. we got word late today that actor alan young has died. >> i can't help it, wilbur. i just love that man's apple. >> why does it have to be his! >> r

even supermarket labels can be deceiving. i want to eat naturally raised beef, or pork or chicken, but that's really hard to do when you go to the supermarket and everything says natural on it because natural has no definition. grass fed beef, grass fed on a label doesn't mean it's what i would call grass fed beef. >> reporter: but it's not hopeless. olmsted the key is to know what to look for. sometimes it's as simple as buying foods whole. >> so for anything, whether it's coffee, you buy coffee beans, you're going to get coffee for sure. you buy ground coffee, you can't tell if it's alterated. >> reporter: another tip, look at the ingredient list. the food and drug administration is lax about other labels but strict about those. you might be wondering how you can go out and tell the difference between the real food and the fake food. and sometimes it can be harder than you think. but larry olmsted is here to give us tips on the more common things you might see out of place at the grocery store. larry, thank you for being he

the name pointedly rejecting the industry's plus-size label. ashley graham and marquita among the women who captured the attention of magazines and designers. >> when i saw how successful they are, how much revenue they generate, it opened our minds about how important this industry is right now. and how much opportunity there is. >> reporter: and the perfect opportunity to send a message to young girls about what is a healthy body size. girls like tessa embree, who this week sparked a similar conversation after writing a letter to her gym teacher refusing her assignment to calculate her body mass index, bmi. >> i am just beginning to love my body like i should and i'm not going to let some outdated calculator tell me i'm obese because i'm not. >> reporter: the eighth grader refusing to let her health be defined by a number. tells sa and her mother say their physician deemed her healthy, giving her more of a reason to speak out about her body insecurities. >> i realize that i eat healthy, i work out, i play softball at least five times a week.